Neighborhood deprivation, built environment, and overweight in adolescents in the city of Oslo.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Even though the social and built environment characteristics of neighborhoods have been studied as potential determinants of social inequalities in obesity among adults, fewer studies have focused on children. Our first aim was to investigate whether there were differences in the food and physical activity environments between different neighborhood deprivation levels in the city of Oslo. We also explored whether there was an association between the prevalence of overweight (including obesity) among adolescents and (i) neighborhood deprivation levels and (ii) food and physical activity environments of the neighborhoods they live in.

Methods

We conducted a food and physical activity environment mapping (using ArcGIS Pro) in all neighborhoods of Oslo, which were def

SUBMITTER: Coutinho SR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10155174 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature